Louise Name Popularity

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How popular is Louise?

Ranking 800th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Louise is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #17 for the first time in 1912 and as recently as 1914.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 9,180 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Louise in any given year was 90 in 2006.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Louise occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1897-1900, 1906-1915, and 2009-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1930-1935, 1942-1945, 1946-1951, 1952-1967, 1968-1974, and 1990-1994.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Louise be?

Louise's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Louise has risen.

The name Louise still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Louise has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Louise (Girl)		Louise (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		339	800	< 5	--
2017		338	805	< 5	--
2016		313	892	< 5	--
2015		242	1,081	< 5	--
2014		200	1,220	< 5	--
2013		196	1,228	< 5	--
2012		153	1,477	< 5	--
2011		124	1,698	< 5	--
2010		150	1,496	< 5	--
2009		102	2,025	< 5	--
2008		108	1,956	< 5	--
2007		107	1,930	< 5	--
2006		90	2,159	< 5	--
2005		92	2,044	< 5	--
2004		94	1,979	< 5	--
2003		112	1,705	< 5	--
2002		110	1,675	< 5	--
2001		108	1,677	9	7,269
2000		112	1,582	< 5	--
1999		117	1,481	< 5	--
1998		98	1,653	7	8,111
1997		111	1,484	< 5	--
1996		94	1,634	< 5	--
1995		113	1,438	< 5	--
1994		111	1,437	< 5	--
1993		135	1,267	< 5	--
1992		147	1,191	7	7,123
1991		187	999	< 5	--
1990		182	1,000	< 5	--
1989		156	1,083	13	4,187
1988		160	1,019	5	8,037
1987		169	957	12	3,876
1986		162	974	7	5,698
1985		194	839	11	3,944
1984		209	774	14	3,205
1983		199	794	12	3,542
1982		255	689	11	3,835
1981		225	734	6	5,953
1980		235	714	8	4,773
1979		209	770	9	4,261
1978		200	773	5	6,398
1977		208	740	< 5	--
1976		204	719	8	4,255
1975		228	668	12	3,171
1974		230	662	12	3,064
1973		313	535	< 5	--
1972		341	508	9	3,508
1971		443	460	6	4,717
1970		541	416	< 5	--
1969		602	382	11	2,794
1968		620	359	15	2,155
1967		659	349	9	2,902
1966		875	287	13	2,292
1965		944	284	12	2,425
1964		1,147	264	14	2,270
1963		1,319	239	11	2,624
1962		1,400	228	12	2,453
1961		1,539	218	8	3,255
1960		1,786	199	7	3,533
1959		1,963	184	13	2,368
1958		2,007	182	7	3,455
1957		2,310	166	13	2,338
1956		2,240	165	14	2,221
1955		2,430	147	15	2,098
1954		2,690	138	18	1,868
1953		2,965	125	16	2,005
1952		2,978	122	28	1,447
1951		3,012	117	22	1,627
1950		3,253	109	14	2,080
1949		3,425	104	19	1,735
1948		3,683	99	27	1,418
1947		4,050	99	13	2,217
1946		3,925	91	20	1,627
1945		3,514	78	22	1,429
1944		3,840	69	13	2,046
1943		4,043	70	18	1,743
1942		4,341	61	31	1,266
1941		3,911	62	33	1,164
1940		3,925	59	35	1,122
1939		3,958	59	25	1,347
1938		4,067	59	32	1,161
1937		4,382	48	39	1,028
1936		4,353	46	48	889
1935		4,566	44	44	962
1934		4,973	40	50	893
1933		5,080	39	38	1,067
1932		5,642	36	51	907
1931		5,895	33	45	992
1930		6,942	31	52	938
1929		6,904	31	59	867
1928		7,053	31	58	881
1927		7,700	27	57	907
1926		7,983	27	52	951
1925		8,273	27	41	1,102
1924		8,853	24	58	923
1923		8,884	22	44	1,080
1922		8,886	22	43	1,081
1921		9,180	22	41	1,117
1920		9,179	19	47	1,014
1919		8,812	20	43	1,042
1918		9,110	18	34	1,206
1917		8,584	19	48	929
1916		8,630	18	33	1,147
1915		8,313	18	38	1,048
1914		6,648	17	27	1,117
1913		5,577	17	26	982
1912		5,116	17	33	764
1911		3,725	19	18	780
1910		3,457	20	29	529
1909		3,019	19	10	992
1908		2,937	18	14	729
1907		2,619	21	9	970
1906		2,307	24	12	734
1905		2,367	23	14	654
1904		2,136	28	10	791
1903		1,935	31	10	762
1902		1,832	36	9	837
1901		1,640	36	5	1,149
1900		2,070	35	15	668
1899		1,536	40	11	643
1898		1,693	42	8	855
1897		1,563	41	5	1,166
1896		1,531	42	13	616
1895		1,582	37	10	729
1894		1,571	37	10	705
1893		1,447	37	12	593
1892		1,446	38	7	915
1891		1,333	37	< 5	--
1890		1,472	31	9	711
1889		1,283	38	6	941
1888		1,334	33	9	734
1887		1,088	35	12	533
1886		1,061	37	< 5	--
1885		956	39	< 5	--
1884		962	35	5	1,064
1883		847	38	7	771
1882		813	34	7	803
1881		617	42	5	957
1880		635	37	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.